If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
AIMEE MULLINSI’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
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It’s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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When I’m curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I’ve really explored it, I’m OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
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I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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I haven’t had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be.
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